screenshot of Robert Reich post on another service:

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Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.

Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.

That's why Trump is attacking the Dept. of Educations, science and the arts -- to prevent us from learning.

It's fascism.
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#alttext #alt4you

Screenshot of post from Donald Trump Jr. on another service:

"Show us all the Epstein client list now!!! Why whould anyone protect this scum bags?

Ask yourselves this question daily and the answer becomes very apparent!!"

Timestamp says that post was made July 8th, 2023

#alttext #alt4you#Epstein

Some FEMA officials grew frustrated by the lapse in contracts and that it was taking days for Ms. Noem to act, according to the person briefed on the matter and the documents. "We still do not have a decision, waiver or signature from the DHS secretary," a FEMA official wrote in a July 8 email to colleagues.
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4/4 #alttext #alt4you

Hey #spoonies ! Anybody want a sneak preview of the #turtleBower website?

We need someone to do the #altText for the dozen or so images on the site.

I can email you links of the individual pages and then you just reply back with yer lovely words and my web team will add them.

This whole project is by spoonies for spoonies, so if you've got a spoon to spare and want to help create a pilot project of collaborative convalescence and co-living, creating a space where we can thrive, boop me!
🐢💨

#AltText.
Title: life before Google. A short story

Dog on couch: "just thought of something I'd like to know more about"

Rabbit friend: "That's a shame"

#Internet #nostalgia

RUSSIA IS LOSING THE WAR

Let's take a deep dive into Russia's total combat losses compared to the total force numbers of all European NATO powers.

Personnel: Russian casualties (1 million) equal the loss of nearly (85%) of the combined strength of all NATO ground forces.

Artillery: Russian artillery loses (19,000) are three times the number of European NATO's estimated total of total of artillery pieces combined (6,000).

1/2

#alttext

Bloom County 4 panel cartoon

Panel 1

Opus the Penguin answers door to respond to ICE goon, with ice chest labelled IGLOO next to door

Opus: Tourist visa? Of course I arrived in Bloom County with a tourist visa.
Goon: How long ago?

Panel 2

Opus: Ah! Ohmigosh! Seems like just yesterday!

Panel 3

Opus: Lessee... This is July ... Frieday ... 1... 2...
Opus: 43 years

Panel 4

Opus runs from enraged ICE goon

Opus: TIME FLIES!
Goon: TASER!

#alttext#BloomCounty#Opus#Penguin

Post from President Barack Obama on another service:

"The flash flooding in Central Texas is absolutely heartbreaking. Michelle and I are praying for everyone who has lost a loved one or is waiting for new --- especially the parents. And we're grateful to the first responders and rescue teams working around the clock to help."

#alttext #alt4you

I want open file formats with alt-text metadata that are compatible with most Fediverse software:
Upload an image or video to Mastodon, Pixelfed or whatever, that has alt-text metadata and it will automatically display the alt-text in the Fediverse.
Download the file and it will keep the alt-text.

Bonus: A metadata field for Fediverse creator. So people can download and repost media files and they will display the original creator just like Mastodon can do with link previews.

EDIT: In the replies we've gathered so far:
* There is an existing issue for Mastodon: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14903 (I don't open Microsoft GitHub™, so I didn't read it)
* PNG and probably many other file formats already have appropriate metadata tags that could be used.
* Fedi devs have to agree on one way to implement this -> #FEP
* While uploading a file you should be able to edit or replace the metadata alt text with your own alt text and then be able to choose whether you want to replace the file's metadata or not (So your post can display the alt text that is specifically relevant to your post, while the file can be downloaded with a more general alt text).

#AltText#FeatureRequest #FediverseMeta

older man in hospital bed with oxygen hose

younger man sitting next to the bed says: "C'mon, dad ... don't think of it as losing your healthcare, think of it as gaining a tax break for billionaires"

#alttext

How do I not give free labor to AI companies by basically labeling their training data when I write #alt-text? #alttext

Going to #AltText this because it's making the rounds and so far no one has.

15+ YEARS on Big Tech platforms and nothing much changed.

6 MONTHS going all in on the Fediverse and I started learning Linux, self-hosting, the importance of #AltText, #CamelCase, privacy and digital sovereignty… and the list could go on and on 🤗